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Sunday, November 1, 2015

FOOD AS MEDICINE. NOBEL PRIZE FOR NATURAL MEDICINE.

"The 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been jointly awarded to three doctors whose work has fundamentally changed the treatment of parasitic diseases around the globe.What is perhaps most notable is that their discoveries are derived from natural products, once again showing that nature can be a powerful source of medicine. The majority of new drugs (70 percent) introduced in the US are derived from natural products, primarily plants.

The fact that the Nobel Prize was awarded to the discovery of natural-based medicines isn't exactly shocking, but it's important to recognize the healing potential found in nature. "

ALONG THIS LINE, THIS YEAR'S MOST AMAZING DISCOVERY JUST MAY BE THE ABILITY OF SOME PLANTS, FOOD PLANTS, IN STOPPING THE PROLIFERATION OF CANCER'S STEM CELLS IN THE HUMAN BODY.

"The cancer stem cell model suggests that tumor initiation is governed by a small subset of distinct cells with stem-like character termed cancer stem cells (CSCs). CSCs possess properties of self-renewal and intrinsic survival mechanisms that contribute to resistance of tumors to most chemotherapeutic drugs.

The failure to eradicate CSCs during the course of therapy is postulated to be the driving force for tumor recurrence and metastasis.
Recent studies have focused on understanding the unique phenotypic properties of CSCs from various tumor types, as well as the signaling pathways that underlie self-renewal and drug resistance.

Natural products (NPs) such as those derived from botanicals and food sources may modulate vital signaling pathways involved in the maintenance of CSC phenotype. "FOR THOSE LIKE MYSELF WHO HAVE BATTLED CANCER AND WON, THIS IS INCREDIBLE NEWS!

WHAT WE EAT CAN HELP US SAFEGUARD OUR HEALTH?SIGN ME UP!

[DISCLAIMER: This article is not intended to provide medical advice, diagnosis or treatment, but is merely published here for educational and informative purposes.What this author chooses to do or says about this report should in no way influence anyone else. we each make our own informed decisions, as is our right.]

"A new study published in the journal Anticancer Research titled, "Natural Products That Target Cancer Stem Cells," has made our job much easier of identifying this special category of cancer killers by reviewing the extant literature on the topic and listing the top 25 substances in this category.These are JUST the top 25 of the foods and herbs which kill the cancer stem cells at the root cause of cancer malignancy. They are listed here below, along with some of their commonly recognizable dietary sources:

The ability to selectively target cancer cells, and cancer stem cells in particular, while leaving intact the non-tumor cells in tissue is extremely important. MORE DATA ON OTHER FOODS SUCH AS THOSE ABOVE CAN BE FOUND ON MR. JI'S WEBSITE <HERE>, EACH ONE IMPECCABLY DOCUMENTED.

THE INFORMATION AND STUDIES PRESENTED ARE SELDOMLY "IN THE NEWS", BUT SHOULD BE, FOR THE GOOD OF ALL WHO MAY EVER BATTLE CANCERS.

Several compounds efficiently eradicated cells with clonogenic capacity and nanaomycin A, streptonigrin and toyocamycin were effective at 0.1 µM. "

AND ANOTHER...CERVICAL CANCER:

Date:

May 5, 2015

Source:

Summary:

An apple a day keeps the doctor away, and perhaps a serving of broccoli or watercress can help keep cancer at bay. A compound and an enzyme that occur naturally in cruciferous vegetables--cauliflower, cabbage, broccoli and Brussels sprouts--may help prevent recurrence and spread of some cancers, according to researchers.

When they treated human cervical cancer stem cells with phenethyl isothiocyanate (PEITC) in a Petri dish, about 75 percent died within 24 hours using a 20-micromolar concentration of the compound.

Promising Results

When Dey and her team treated human cervical cancer stem cells with PEITC in a Petri dish, about 75 percent died within 24 hours using a 20-micromolar concentration of the compound.

Working with SDSU veterinary pathologist David Knudsen, Dey and her team found that 10-micromolar concentrations of PEITC can dramatically prevent the spread of cancer in mouse lung tissue.

Although cancer stem cells make up only 5 percent of the tumor, they can cause serious problems if not killed.

As noted in a Stanford Medicine paper: “Many new anti-cancer therapies are evaluated based on their ability to shrink tumors, but if the therapies are not killing the cancer stem cells, the tumor will soon grow back (often with a vexing resistance to the previously used therapy). An analogy would be a weeding technique that is evaluated based on how low it can chop the weed stalks—but no matter how low the weeks are cut, if the roots aren’t taken out, the weeds will just grow back.”

“These tiny cells are very difficult to detect in a tumor,” Dey said, mentioning that scientists for a long time did not know they existed. “It’s like finding a needle in a haystack.”

ACTUALLY, FOR SOME OF US, IT'S LIKE FINDING THE "HOLY GRAIL", THE UNLOCKING OF A GREAT MYSTERY...RENEWED HOPE!AS MORE RESEARCHERS DETERMINE THE SAME OR SIMILAR RESULTS, ONE CANNOT HELP BUT BE EXCITED ABOUT WHAT MAY YET BE FOUND.